GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia

Malaysia and South Korea, successful graduates of Asian Financial Crisis, employed different paths to recovery via Capital Control and IMF bail-out respectively. This paper tracks recovery trajectories of the two nations via orthodox and emergent growth indicators: GDP and GPI. We report unemploymen...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Mastura, Mohammad Sifat, Imtiaz, Mohamad, Azhar
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Language:English
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Published: Oviedo University Press 2018
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description Malaysia and South Korea, successful graduates of Asian Financial Crisis, employed different paths to recovery via Capital Control and IMF bail-out respectively. This paper tracks recovery trajectories of the two nations via orthodox and emergent growth indicators: GDP and GPI. We report unemployment, open-trade, fixed capital accumulation, and prior crisis to be influential determinants of both metrics, while credit and foreign exchange rate lack significance.
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spelling iium-688202019-02-11T09:18:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68820/ GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia Hashim, Mastura Mohammad Sifat, Imtiaz Mohamad, Azhar HC94 By region or country HJ Public Finance Malaysia and South Korea, successful graduates of Asian Financial Crisis, employed different paths to recovery via Capital Control and IMF bail-out respectively. This paper tracks recovery trajectories of the two nations via orthodox and emergent growth indicators: GDP and GPI. We report unemployment, open-trade, fixed capital accumulation, and prior crisis to be influential determinants of both metrics, while credit and foreign exchange rate lack significance. Oviedo University Press 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68820/1/68820_GDP%20vs%20genuine%20progress%20quantification.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68820/2/68820_GDP%20vs%20genuine%20progress%20quantification_SCOPUS.pdf Hashim, Mastura and Mohammad Sifat, Imtiaz and Mohamad, Azhar (2018) GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia. Economics and Business Letters, 7 (4). pp. 169-179. ISSN 2254-4380 https://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/view/12779/11951 10.17811/ebl.7.4.2018.169-178
spellingShingle HC94 By region or country
HJ Public Finance
Hashim, Mastura
Mohammad Sifat, Imtiaz
Mohamad, Azhar
GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia
title GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia
title_full GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia
title_fullStr GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia
title_short GDP vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in South Korea and Malaysia
title_sort gdp vs genuine progress quantification of economic performance in south korea and malaysia
topic HC94 By region or country
HJ Public Finance
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/68820/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/68820/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68820/1/68820_GDP%20vs%20genuine%20progress%20quantification.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68820/2/68820_GDP%20vs%20genuine%20progress%20quantification_SCOPUS.pdf